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LOUIS R RANDALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – September 25, 1966
Service recordLouis R Randall, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 17
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- TERRY LYNN PUNDSACKSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- DEAN WESLEY REITERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- KARL ALBERT SCHMIDT JRCorporal · September 25, 1966
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.